Buddha wanted to put a definitive end to all this butchery, and his cult of non-violence was propagated for this purpose, not only in India, but also far out of the continent.
From a technical point of view, it will be said that Buddha's philosophy is a form of atheism, because it does not recognize the Supreme Lord and denies the authority of the Vedas, the original scriptures. But this is only a camouflage maneuver from the Lord. Buddha, as a divine manifestation, identifies with the original author of Vedic knowledge and can not reject it. If he pretended to do so, it is because the demonic beings who are constantly jealous of the devotees of the Lord, tried to justify the slaughter of the cow, or animals in general, from the Vedic texts (as do elsewhere still some priests “in fashion”). It was only for this reason that Buddha had to reject the authority of the Vedic scriptures as a whole. His business is pure tactics, and it must be understood that if it had been otherwise, it would not have been recognized for the Avatar announced in the scriptures themselves.
The poet Jayadeva, the learned master, would not have revered him in his sublime hymns. Buddha resumed the teaching of the basic principles of the Vedas, but according to the requirements of the time (as will also later Acarya Sankara), precisely to restore the authority of the Vedas. Both the Avatar Buddha and Sankaracarya cleared the path of theism again, and the learned masters who came later, especially Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who was none other than the Lord, guided the men on this path, bringing them to realize God and to return to Him.
The Srimad bhagavatam or pure spiritual science was compiled just before the beginning of the kali-yuga, the iron age, the present age, nearly 5,000 years ago, and Buddha appeared about 2,600 years ago. The Srimad-Bhagavatam predicted his coming. Such is the value of this writing of light, which also contains many other prophecies, which we all see being realized one after the other. This point contributes to establishing the absolute character of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, where no trace of error, illusion, deception or imperfection appears, that is to say of the four weaknesses peculiar to all being conditioned by the matter. The liberated souls stand beyond these imperfections, and that is how they can see and predict future events, even distant ones.
The Lord then appeared as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Avatar. Śrī Kṛiṣhṇa, God, the Supreme and Absolute Person, is the Lord in his primordial and original form. This same Śrī Kṛiṣhṇa, the original Lord, appeared in Navadvīpa (India) as Śrī Chaitanya in the year 1486. His father, Srila Jagannatha Misra, and his mother Srimati Sacidevi.
Lord Krishna, the source of all the Avatars, appeared in person in the form of Śri Chaitanya Mahāprabhu. Thus, Chari Chaitanya (or Sri Caitanya) is the Supreme and Absolute Truth.